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Healthcare Commission finds institutionalised abuse at care home
Hospital abuse prompts review of learning disability services

The Healthcare Commission has launched a national audit of learning disability services after a new report found “institutionalised abuse” in one hospital in south London. The health watchdog will look at 200 NHS and private services in England to establish whether problems identified in the Sutton and Merton primary care trust (PCT) are widespread. An… Read more »

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Medical expert system faces reform
Medical expert system faces reform

A radical shake-up of the system for providing medical expert witnesses in court has been announced today, to address fears that current witnesses are not reliable. Chief medical officer Liam Donaldson proposed that rather than individual legal teams contacting individual doctors to act as witnesses in family courts, as now, the system be organised and… Read more »